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Bill Tavey

Award-winning chef-restaurateur in Westport, CT — owner of Kawa Ni (Westport & Denver), the Norwalk Art Space Café, and the new Eastern Mediterranean concept hi'Amba.

Sep 17, 2026

10:57
So where did you go after culinary school?
11:00
Yeah, so culinary school graduated 1997.
11:03
One of the fun parts about BIC, Baltimore International Culinary College, is we got to study in Europe a little bit too.
11:09
So I spent some time in London and in Ireland for a couple months with big campuses or Campus Connects out there.
11:15
And then I came back, and I wanted to – this is a quick little funny story, and I use it a lot with my cooks.
11:21
But I desperately wanted to work at Les Spina in New York under Greg Kuhns.
11:26
And I went in for – I got an interview for an internship because I had to complete my internship for graduation.

19 MINS LATER

30:36
I'm going to let you explain the concepts and yes, the name too, as well, to share with me before the show.

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